San Francisco Bay Area beer journalist Bill Brand died early in the morning on February 20 from injuries suffered in an accident with a light-rail train on February 8.
Our dear friend and longtime reporter Bill Brand passed away early this morning at S.F. General Hospital.
A brief obituary has been posted on the Oakland Tribune.
I did not know Mr. Brand personally, and this sad bit of news has been covered better elsewhere. I did, however, receive e-mail from him a few weeks ago. It was in relation to a bit of silliness I’d posted that he wanted to use for his blog. I hadn’t created it and pointed him toward the original, but he wanted to make sure to give me credit as his source. He didn’t have to do that.
From everything I’ve read about him, he was a class act and will be missed by many. We here at Hop Talk send our heartfelt condolences to his wife, his family, and his friends.
